Development of an Environmental Awareness Instrument Based on the New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) Using Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) in The Education Department

Abstract

Various environmental damages are often found in various regions. This research aims to develop an environmental awareness questionnaire instrument based on the new environmental paradigm for prospective teachers in the education department. The research method used in this research is the non-test instrument development model proposed by Mardapi. The instrument consists of 60 statements developed from the new environmental design theory and then analyzed using EFA (Explanatory Factor Analysis). The instrument was content validated by 6 experts, consisting of 4 science education lecturers and 2 educational research and evaluation lecturers. Then the instrument was tested on 100 prospective teachers who were studying in the education department. The analysis used is exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and is followed by a reliability test. The research results showed that 12 of the 60 instruments were declared to need revision by experts, while the others met the criteria. After testing, the environmental awareness instrument has a KMO value above 0.5, namely 0.648, and the Bartlett test result is <.001, which indicates that the statement can be analyzed further. Based on the variance data, there are 16 components formed with a total percentage of 78.999%. For identical statement numbers, 43 statement items are identical in the components formed, whereas the rest can be considered not to be used or revised. Furthermore, the reliability test is 0.962, which means that all statement items are reliable. The findings of this research indicate that environmental awareness instruments are suitable for use. It is still possible to test this environmental awareness instrument on a larger scale so that its feasibility level can be better.